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“Juet's journal frequently records how only a tiny quantity of alcohol was needed to get the Indians drunk, 'for they could not take it'; and tales of the drunkenness that greeted Hudsons' arrival persisted among the native Indians until the last century. Indeed Heckewelder claims that the name Manhattan is derived from the drunkenness that took place there, since the Indian word 'manahactanienk' means 'the island of general intoxication'.”

“Jugar a la ruleta rusa implica una probabilidad de 1 en 6 de terminar con su vida. Convertir la economía de su nación al socialismo es aproximadamente una probabilidad de 9 sobre 10 de que colapse la economía, erradique sus derechos individuales y termine con la vida tal como la conoce. Jugar a la ruleta rusa es, increíblemente, la opción más sensata de las dos.”

“Jugar a las oficinas es fácil si sabes cómo. El trabajo es solamente un papel que hay que interpretar. He aprendido a dominarlo a la perfección: sé los chascarrillos que siempre funcionan para romper el hielo. Sé lo que tengo que preguntar para parecer atenta e interesada. Y sé lo que tengo que decir para que el tiempo fluya más rápido sin hacer realmente nada hasta las seis de la tarde. [...] Lo cierto es que no sé hacer nada en particular y no sé cómo he llegado aquí. Intuyo que perfeccionando el juego de las oficinas hasta que los demás se han ido creyendo que soy una gran profesional. [...] El juego de las oficinitas consiste en saber expresarse cuando toca. En decir «preparar un Excel» o «hacer una presentación» como si estuvieras hablando de una operación a corazón abierto o en alargar excesivamente una explicación, llena de detalles aburridos, para que la gente pierda el hilo de lo que estás contando y no te pregunte nada al terminar.”

“Juggling and balancing effectively required that we make clear, legacy-driven choices about what we're trying to keep in the air and how we sequence our movements down the beam. Because the ultimate grade in life is not based on how far and fast we've walked the beam or how many things we’ve juggled—it’s based on how much we've enjoyed the exercise.”

“Juggling produces both practical and psychological benefits.... A woman's involvement in one role can enhance her functioning in another. Being a wife can make it easier to work outside the home. Being a mother can facilitate the activities and foster the skills of the efficient wife or of the effective worker. And employment outside the home can contribute in substantial, practical ways to how one works within the home, as a spouse and as a parent.”

“Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong. It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.”

“Juicy apple, pear, and banana, Gooseberry ... They all speak of Death and life in the mouth ... I have a presentiment ... Read it from a child’s expression If she savours them. It comes from far, from far ... Aren’t you slowly becoming aware of something inexpressible in your mouth? Where a moment ago were words, a flowing discovery Is released, startling, from the fruit’s flesh. Venture to say what your apple is called. This sweetness, which originally condensed itself, Spreading out, slowly in being tasted rose up To achieve a clarity, awake and of transparency, Resonant of opposites, sunny, earthy, of the here and now -: Oh the experience of it, the feeling, the joy -, immense!”

“Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.”

“Jules could have sworn there was a devilish glint in the shopkeepers eye. 'I find today I am in need of a bonnet.' Mr. Postlethwaite was silent. And then his eyes crept toward the marquess's hairline. 'It will be a gift for a woman, Mr. Postlethwaite.' 'Of course, sir.' The marquess wished the 'of course' sounded a bit more sincere. He'd scarcely been in the shop for more than three minutes and already his dignity was fraying.”